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EUROPE

EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2017
Troubling referendums in Iraq and Spain
The flames of nationalism still burn brightly in this supposed global age.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2017
Europe's war of the nationalists picks up steam
Europe remains a battleground between nationalist forces, conventional governments and parties that cleave to broadly liberal positions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017
FBI, Secret Service believed probing after hackers access real SEC data used by firms in tests
Hackers breached the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's computer system last year by taking advantage of companies that used authentic financial data when they were testing the agency's corporate filing system, according to sourcesr.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 25, 2017
Asahi sets ambitious goals for expansion in Europe and the U.S., as domestic demand wanes
Asahi Group Holdings Ltd. will ramp up sales of its top-selling Super Dry beer in Europe with local production aided by faster integration of last year's $11 billion purchase of brands from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2017
Juncker's road map for European disaster
Jean-Claude Juncker's plan to accelerate eurozone accession threatens to re-create in spades the chaos of the past decade.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 22, 2017
Trump doesn't embody Western values, unlike JFK and Obama: German envoy
Donald Trump doesn't embody Western values in the way that previous presidents such as John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama did, according to Wolfgang Ischinger, a former German ambassador to the U.S. who now heads the Munich Security Conference.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2017
Is there a solution to the problem of mass migration?
Much more than economic theory and cash aid is required to create prosperity and make life tolerable for millions in poorer areas.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 11, 2017
Iraq holding 1,400 foreign wives, kids of suspected Islamic State fighters in squalid camp
Iraqi authorities are holding 1,400 foreign wives and children of suspected Islamic State fighters in a camp after government forces expelled the jihadi group from one of its last remaining strongholds in Iraq, security and aid officials said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2017
Weak currencies: Be careful what you wish for
Beyond the short term, the disadvantages of a weak currency begin to loom larger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2017
Italy denies paying Libyan traffickers to block migrants as flow across Mediterranean slows
Italy denied on Wednesday that it supported a deal to pay armed groups implicated in human trafficking to prevent migrants crossing the Mediterranean.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2017
Wildfire-ravaged parts of Portugal declared state of public calamity
Parts of Portugal, beset by its deadliest summer of wildfires in living memory, were declared in a state of public calamity on Thursday as the government put emergency services on alert for further outbreaks.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / FOREIGN AGENDA
Aug 9, 2017
Of guns and cutlery: Memories of the war, from the Netherlands to Japan
A chance rediscovery leads an author to reflect on the lessons to be learned from the devastation of two continents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2017
Extreme weather seen killing 152,000 Europeans a year by 2100
Europe's death toll from weather disasters could rise 50-fold by the end of this century, with extreme heat alone killing more than 150,000 people a year by 2100 if nothing is done to curb the effects of climate change, scientists said on Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2017
Time for Europe's philosophers to speak up
Europe will look quite different after Brexit because forces are at work internationally and globally that are changing the whole pattern of European collaboration.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2017
Putin vows to retaliate as U.S. Senate slaps new sanctions on Russia, puts bill on Trump's desk
The U.S. Senate voted nearly unanimously on Thursday to slap new sanctions on Russia despite President Donald Trump's objections to the legislation, which has angered Russian President Vladimir Putin, who threatened to retaliate.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 21, 2017
Did DNA influence Japan's collectivist society?
If you've spent any time in Japan you will have heard the expression, "Deru kugi wa utareru" ("The nail that sticks out gets hammered down"). The phrase is used to explain how Japanese society traditionally prefers conformity and social harmony to independence and individual expression. There is a similar...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 12, 2017
Can Japan-EU deal prompt a U.S. trade recalibration?
A deepening of the Japan-EU partnership could prompt the U.S. to once again embrace its traditional leadership role on trade.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 7, 2017
GE and Canon risk fines as EU clamps down on merger violations
General Electric Co., Merck KGaA, Sigma-Aldrich Corp. and Canon Inc. are the latest companies to risk hefty penalties as the European Commission clamps down on violations of its merger approval procedures.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2017
Trump speaks with German, Italian leaders ahead of summit this week
U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with German and Italian leaders on Monday, a White House official said, ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 leading economies this week that could expose his sharp differences with world powers on trade and other issues.
The real-life violence that inspired South Korea's 'Squid Game'
Riot police march in front of the main building of Ssangyong Motor in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, on Aug. 6, 2009.
Canada's Trudeau expected to announce resignation in coming days: report
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the federal Liberal caucus holiday party in Ottawa on Dec. 17.
Japanese researchers develop method to break down PFAS 'forever chemicals'
Ritsumeikan University researchers succeeded in completely breaking down PFAS compounds, often called "forever chemicals" for their persistence in the environment.
Biden’s decision on Nippon Steel deal followed divide in his orbit
U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Steel Works in Braddock, Pennsylvania, in December 2019. The Biden administration blocked the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel on Friday, citing grounds that the sale posed a threat to national security.
Bluefin tuna fetches ¥207 million at Toyosu's first auction of the year
A bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, was sold for ¥207 million during the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu Fish Market on Sunday.
‘Fracture’ dissects 100 years of Japanese graphic design
Ian Lynam's "Fracture" is the result of 15 years of research and production and excavates 100 years of Japanese graphic design history from the Meiji (1868-1912) to Showa eras (1926-89).
'Shogun,' 'Hacks' win top TV honors at Golden Globes
"Shogun" actors (from left) Cosmo Jarvis, Anna Sawai, Hiroyuki Sanada and Tadanobu Asano pose in the press room with the award for best drama television series during the 82nd annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
Taking a page from Ukraine war, SDF carves out growing role for drones
An Air Self-Defense Force airman sets up a drone during a bilateral live fire exercise at Draughon Range, near Misawa Air Base, in Aomori Prefecture in July 2023.
Brooklyn brewers take on sake, America's new hip tipple
A brewer stirs the mix for making sake at a brewery in Tokyo.
Tokyo falconers keep ancient traditions soaring
A falconer during the Suwa Falconry Preservation Society's event in Tokyo on Friday. Falconry predates recorded history, originating, scholars believe, when nomadic herders observed birds of prey hunting and recognized their potential as partners.

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